Cupcake or challenge? Patsy or power? Lafayette College's Patriot League football opener Saturday night at Georgetown offers a fascinating and rare case to test a theory: is it better to prepare for your league season with a game against a chump o… more »

It’s not as if Lafayette College is new to indoor football. The Leopards played the first indoor night college football game ever when they took on Washington & Jefferson College in the Atlantic City (N.J.) Auditorium. That was in 1930. Longevity… more »

Do we really want quarterback Ryan O'Neil to be another Brad Maurer, and if so, which one? When it was first mentioned that the Lafayette coaches might put in some designed runs to take advantage of O'Neil's legs, longtime followers of the Leopards i… more »

Lafayette quarterback Ryan O'Neil should benefit from a group of talented receivers and a veteran offensive line. Looks like most pieces have fallen into place for Lafayette College football to forget a miserable 2010 and move ahead to 2011. “We h… more »

Lafayette College isn't picked to win the Patriot League in football this fall. And that's fine with head coach Frank Tavani. "I think there's only been one time the league preseason pick has ended up winning the league," said Tavani said at t… more »

Frank Tavani, John Loose and Mickey Fein having been preaching for months about the strength of this year¡¯s recruiting class. And just Saturday morning, before Lafayette¡¯s intrasquad scrimmage, Loose said again that when you combine this year¡¯s class… more »

Each Patriot League football team scored at least 25 points higher than the sport's four-year APR average of 946. Patriot League schools came in with glowing marks in the latest release of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate, as 97 percent of Patriot Lea… more »

Harrison Bailey ’95 Is Changing the World One Student at a Time Like Mentor, whom Odysseus placed in charge of his son Telemachus when he left for the Trojan War, Harrison Bailey III watches over more than 800 students. As an assistant principal… more »

Jerome Rudolph missed most of his football season. So this spring the Lafayette College junior tailback decided to double up sports-wise -- participating in spring football but renewing his acquaintance with an old flame, so to speak. "I ran tra… more »

AS COLLEGE spending on football spins out of control, the Patriot League is to be cheered for not caving in to competitive envy and boosterism. The presidents of the seven colleges and universities in the league, which include Worcester’s Holy Cross, la… more »

Asked last week to decide whether their institutions should break with tradition and finally award athletic scholarships to football players, the presidents of the Patriot League decided to punt. And while an official decision has been put off for at le… more »

An opportunistic offense and a red zone defense with a penchant for forcing timely turnovers has Georgetown off to its best start in over a decade. The Hoyas forced three second-half turnovers deep in their own territory to overcome a 10-point halfti… more »

In a span of less than three minutes on the clock Saturday night — and only halfway through the first quarter — Lafayette football fans watched two starting defensive players helped from the Fisher Stadium turf. One left under his own power, but limping… more »

Villanova football coach respects Lehigh, Lafayette If you think Talley will overlook the Mountain Hawks, forget it. He has great respect for the Patriot League and believes that if the league ever decides to offer scholarships in football — a dec… more »

Ugly loss against Georgetown in '03 reminds coach win isn't guaranteed. As painful memories go, it doesn't get any worse for Lafayette football Coach Frank Tavani than Oct. 4, 2003. On that day, Georgetown, anything but a dominating force in the P… more »